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No. 530,758. "Patented Dec. 11, 1894.

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WILLIAM FINTER, OF PLEASANT HILL, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF 'ro H. B. BEACH,

SPRING VOI SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart ofv Letters Patent No. 530,758, dated December 11, 1894. Appnoaion nea nay 28,1894. sean No. 512,747. (No man.)

To all whom it mayconcern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pleasant Hill, inthe county of Cass and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Spring- Cockeye, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in spring cockeyes.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of spring cockeyes, andto relieve horses from sudden jars and strains, incident to starting a load or the like, and to balance the draft equally on both shoulders.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spring cockeye, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view, the guide flanges being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig; 4 is a detail view of the adjustable cross-piece.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a rectangular metal frame, which is oblong, and which is provided at its rear end 2 with a central opening or perforation 3, to receive a draft rod 4, and hingedly connected with the rear end of the latter by a rivet 5 is a cockeye 6. A spiral spring 7 is disposed on the rod. It is arranged within the frame, and it is disposed between the rear end of the latter and a sliding cross-bar or head 8, to which the front end of the draftrod is connected, the springs being directly in contact with disks 9l having bosses 10 tting into and supporting the spring.

The front end of the frame is providedwith a transverse bolt or pin 11, which serves as a convenient means for connecting the frame to a trace. The sides of the frame are provided at their inner faces with longitudinal guidefianges 12; and the ends of the sliding 5o cross piece are provided with T-shaped slots 1 to receive the sides of the frame and the flan es thereof.

The j nsion of the spring is regulated by an adjustab cross-bar leiD provided at its ends with T-sha ed slots 15 and having sliding bolts 16 moun \onit and arranged to engage notches 17 of the guide flanges. The sliding bolts are provided with handles, and are housed in a hollow boss, and are spring actuated. B'y moving the adjustablecrossbar inward on the frame, the tension of the spring is increased. The end 2 of the frame centrally enlarged as shown.

It will be seen that the spring cockeye is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, thatit is' adapted to relieve an animal from sudden `jerks and strains, and that it is ladapted to balance equally the draft on both the shoulders o f a horse. It will also be rseen that the tension of the spring may be readily regulated to accommodate the cockeye to the load to be drawn.

Changes in the form, proportion, and the to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is-.

1. The combination of a frame, a draft rod mounted therein, a cro ss-bar slidingly mounted on the frame and connected with the draft rod, a spring disposed on the draft rod and interposed between the sliding cross-bar and the rear end of the fravme, an adjustable crossbar located on the frame in advance of the sliding cross-bar and limiting the inward movement of the draft rod and devices for securing the ends of the adjustable cross bar to the frame, whereby the tension of the spring may be regulated, substantially as described.

2. The'combination of a rectangular frame provided at its rear end withau opening, a draft rod arranged in the opening and carrying at its rear end a cockeye, a sliding crossbar connected to the front end of the draft rod and provided with openings receiving the sides of the frame, a spiral spring disminor details of construction may be resorted v posed on the draft rod and interposed beand the adjustable and sliding cross-bars are reo tween the sliding cross-bar and the rear end of the frame, and an adjustable cross-bar arranged in advance of the sliding cross-bar and having openings receiving the sides of the frame, said adjustable cross-bar being provided with bolts for engaging the frame, whereby the tension of the spring is regulated, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a rectangular frame provided at the inner faces of its sides with notched guide flanges, a. draft rod mounted in the frame and provided at its rear end with an eye, a sliding cross-bar provided at its ends with openings conforming to the configuration of and receiving the sides of the frame and the flanges thereof and connected between its ends with the draft rod, a spiral spring disposed on the draft rod, and inter- A posed between the sliding cross-bar and the rear end of the frame, an adjustable crossbar provided at its ends with slots conforming to the configuration of the flanges and the sides of the frame and having between its ends a hollow boss, and spring actuated bolts mounted in said boss and arranged to engage the notches of the flanges, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM FINTER.

Witnesses: y

BOWMAN JARROTT, T. H. CLOUD. 

